PRESS RELEASE - January 20, 2011

The Conner Law Group will represent leading provider of telemedicine in the southeast headquartered in Waycross

SAVANNAH, GA – Mike Conner, managing partner of The Conner Law Group, has been retained as external general counsel by The Georgia Partnership for Telehealth (GPT).

GPT is a rapidly growing non-profit corporation headquartered in Waycross that connects patients and medical providers throughout the state via leading edge telehealth services. The organization was formed five years ago to promote remote telemedicine and has grown to serve more than 170 facilities in Georgia providing healthcare services, including hospitals, clinics, jails, child advocacy organizations and senior citizen centers.

Telemedicine uses sophisticated technology to link patients in rural or medically underserved areas to doctors and specialists in more urban areas. Telemedical consults are becoming increasingly prominent throughout the country as a method to reduce cost and accelerate doctor response to patients with urgent needs. Telemedicine spans a broad range of interaction which can include patient consults by phone, e-mail or interactive video. The most common applications are found in psychiatry, radiology, pathology and neurology but additional applications are being discovered as the practice become more accepted in the medical community.

"The Georgia Partnership for Telehealth is a critical resource for the people who live in rural Georgia, and I’m excited to become a part of an organization which will undoubtedly play an important role in our state as we transition into a new era of healthcare,"Conner said.

Conner has distinguished himself as one of Georgia’s premier attorneys during his career, and a primary focus of his practice has been serving as counsel for a wide variety of companies and organizations. The Conner Law Group provides a broad range of services to corporate clients ranging from providing business formation expertise to new companies to assisting mature entities with growth management strategies, contract negotiation and complex business litigation.

Conner has distinguished himself as one of Georgia’s premier attorneys during his career, and a primary focus of his practice has been serving as counsel for a wide variety of companies and organizations. The Conner Law Group provides a broad range of services to corporate clients ranging from providing business formation expertise to new companies to assisting mature entities with growth management strategies, contract negotiation and complex business litigation.

Go to www.theconnerlawgroup.com or call (877) 283-2745 for more information about The Conner Law Group.